# NTSB ATL84LA067: Cessna 182P-SYLANE, N84223, Damascus, GA, December 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 16, 1983, 10:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place: Damascus, GA
- Location: 31.2985° N, 84.7172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Damascus, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2985&lon=-84.7172&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6397/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA067

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT, AN AUCTIONEER, HAD RENTED THE ACFT TO FLY TO A FARM WHERE HE WAS TO CONDUCT AN AUCTION. PREVIOUSLY, HE HAD INSPECTED THE INTENDED LANDING AREA, A SOY BEAN FIELD, & THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY FOR A LANDING. WHEN HE ARRIVED & LANDED, THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN & ROLLED ABOUT 50 FT BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND, WHICH HAD BEEN FRESHLY CULTIVATED & WAS SOFT. THE NOSE GEAR SUNK IN THE SOFT SOIL & THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N84223 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P-SYLANE (182P-SYLAN)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18261856
- Airframe hours: 2675
- Engines: Continental O-470 SERIES 265 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lowe Aviation Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 26, 1983, 27 hours before
- Departed: MCN, MACON, GA
- Flight plan: Military VFR
- Airport: runway 36, 2,000 × 500 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,250 total, 125 in this make and model, 1,200 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABY, 32 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831216061589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831216061589A), Dec 16, 1983: Cessna 182P, Damasus, GA, Substantial damage. The aircrat nosed over in a soybean field. The pilot had surveyed the landing site. Nose gear sank in soft dirt.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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